Jo Jo Adams, sometimes credited as Doctor Jo Jo Adams, was an American jump blues singer, comedian, dancer, and MC, who recorded in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in a rural area of Alabama, and sang with the Big Four Gospel Jubilee Singers before moving to Chicago in the early 1940s. He then began performing in clubs on the South Side of Chicago, adopting a style derivative of Cab Calloway, wearing a tuxedo with extended tails that would swing around while he danced. He said: "I introduced color to the stage. My tailor-made tails that were 55 inches long - when I spun around you could shoot dice on them!" In 1946 he made his first recording, "Jo Jo Blues", with bandleader Freddie Williams for the Melody Lane record label, soon to be renamed Hy-Tone. He also recorded for Hy-Tone with guitarist Floyd Smith, including the marijuana-related song "When I'm In My Tea"; and recorded for the Aladdin label in Los Angeles with Maxwell Davis' band. After returning to Chicago, he recorded under Tom Archia's supervision for the Aristocrat label run by Leonard Chess. His recordings there included "Cabbage Head", a version of the folk song "Our Gudeman", also known as "Seven Drunken Nights". 

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